METEOROLOGY/AGRONOMY/ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 404/504
Block 3 Exam
5 May 1997
- Define sustainable development and discuss some of the key
issues that are essential in such a process.
- Discuss how forecasts of El Nino a season in advance are
being used in South America
- Discuss tropical forest ecosystem fragmentation as it relates
to species creation and species destruction. Give examples.
- There likely will be winners and losers in agricultural production
under climate change.
- List two nations that likely will be winners and state why.
- List two nations that likely will be losers and state why.
- Discuss the equity issues that arise in consideration of perpetrators
and winners/losers in climate change.
- Demographic transition
- Define this term and give examples of nations at various stages.
- Discuss some actions that might be taken to accelerate this process.
- Discuss the parts of the human eye that might be adversely affected by UV radiation.
- Fresh water supply and demand
- What does it mean that a region that has a large
positive value of elasticity?
- What US sector is the largest user of fresh water?
- Discuss the changes in demand for fresh water in the
US in the last 20 years and give a possible explanation for the trend.
- Briefly describe the goal of the Iowa Greenhouse Gas Action Plan.